Mother of student is charged with assaulting Plainsboro teacher

Google MapsA map view of Town Center Elementary School in Plainsboro, where a mother of a student allegedly punched a scratched a teacher.

PLAINSBORO — A parent has been charged with punching and scratching a teacher at a Plainsboro elementary school teacher during an altercation at the school.

Salyn Vargas, 27, of East Windsor, was charged with aggravated assault for the June 10 incident with the unidentified teacher at the Town Center Elementary School, 700 Wyndhurst Dr., police said today.

Vargas and her child had been in a meeting with a teacher in the main office, and the student was sent to retrieve books from a locker, police Lt. Joseph Duffy said.

He said the mother attempted to follow the student, and ignored directives to wait in the office. As the mother tried following the student down a hallway, the teacher stopped her, and Vargas punched and scratched the teacher on the arm, Duffy said.

Police were called and, following an investigation Vargas was charged June 14 with aggravated assault, Duffy said. She was released pending a court hearing.